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Researchers found a way to block a protein linked with blood clotting and inflammatory processes using a drug derived from tick saliva.

Those who had a low CD4 count when diagnosed with the cardiovascular condition were also more likely to die within four years.

A recent study of people with HIV in Chicago found worrisome signs that they are not reaping the potential benefits of the medications.

If people living with HIV who smoke quit their cigarette habit, they soon slash their risk of numerous cancers.

This holds true even when taking into account smoking among people with HIV.

This association was independent of tobacco smoking’s contribution to heart disease risk.

Highlights from research presented at the 52nd International Liver Congress in Amsterdam

The risk is particularly high the first year after receiving an HIV diagnosis.

Researchers believe treating HIV early mitigates this risk.

People with HIV in British Columbia have a shorter life expectancy and spend longer living with illnesses compared with those without HIV.

As the HIV population becomes older, an expanding proportion will need treatment for age-related conditions, which will make caring for...

Conditions include kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.

The virus itself appears to be the primary driver, likely due to the chronic inflammatory state it prompts.

The death rate has surged in areas of Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio where injection drug use also poses a high risk of HIV and hep C.